Author Topic: A book by one of our own! First World War Aircraft: Scratchbuilding in 1/144  (Read 4803 times)

Offline DaddyO

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Re: A book by one of our own! First World War Aircraft: Scratchbuilding in 1/144
« Reply #30 on: September 16, 2024, 06:58:03 PM »
My copy arrived earlier in the week and I can only reiterate the views already expressed - Inspirational!

Read it quickly cover to cover over a few days and immediately picked up a few new and useful tips.
Now starting to re-read it in greater detail and really appreciating the excellent photography and detailed descriptions more fully. There's a huge amount of knowledge contained within its covers. Even if you have no intent to build one of these little jewels I pretty much guarantee you'll find something of interest within.
It's beautifully printed and a handy size - It would have been easy to make it big and glossy, but that would have reduced its usefulness IMO. Printed, as it is, a tad smaller than the well known Osprey series of books it's a handy size to have on the workbench at all times ready for instant referral. It's instantly become one of my favourite modelling books  8)

Paul
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Re: A book by one of our own! First World War Aircraft: Scratchbuilding in 1/144
« Reply #31 on: September 18, 2024, 08:57:33 PM »
Agree with Rookie re the step guide on callipers, hadn’t realised it was there!  Also fully agree with the usefulness of a jewellers mitre block as referred to in the book. Bought one around 10 years ago at Scale Modelworld in UK and it’s become one of my favourite tools, being used on almost every model I have made since.

Excellent book, worth a read to pick up new tips.

Nig